What Is 4B, The ‘Fringe Movement’ From South Korea That Became A Buzzword After Trump Win

The term 4B is derived from the Korean slogan associated with the campaign. While supporters call it a tool for self-protection, critics have labelled 4B a radical concept.

According to media reports, there were more than 5,00,000 Google searches for the ‘4b movement’ in the week following Donald Trump's win in the US elections last month. Representational image.

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The year was 2016, and a grisly murder had South Korea in shock. A young woman had been stabbed to death inside a public restroom in Seoul’s tony Gangnam district. The murderer hadn’t known the woman — he reportedly murdered her only because he had felt humiliated by women all his life. The upsurge of anger was intense — and served to galvanise feminist activism that had been taking shape online over a range of factors, from online sex crimes and violence against women,